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10 Signs Your Life Is Like A Martin Scorsese Movie

Martin Scorsese tends to make movies about people in very dark situations, but even if you have a happy life it could be like one of his movies. Want to know for sure if you live in a Martin Scorsese universe? Here are 10 signs you might as well be Leonardo DiCaprio or Robert De Niro!
1. You've had a crazy mentor who has tried to give you advice, but just didn't make any sense.
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2. You've worked in an insane asylum or stayed in one.
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3. You don't have the healthiest marriage.
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4. You're a cop surrounded by questionable people in the force.
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5. You come across a lot of sketchy people while working the third shift.
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6. You have a love for the history of film.
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7. You're always up for a new challenge.
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8. You have seeked revenge for someone's death.
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9. You job relies on your high tolerance of pain.
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10. You just got out of prison and you're on a mission...
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How is your life like a Martin Scorsese movie? Tweet us your answers using the Twitter handles below!
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Our favorite musical show is going to end, and we can't help it, but we're a little heartbroken. Sure it was never the same after half the cast graduated, but we still have so many fond memories of the first few seasons! We decided to list 15 reasons we will miss Glee to give it a proper send off.
1. We couldn't get enough of their Adele mashup!
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2. We lived for the episodes dedicated to our music idols, like Britney Spears.
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3. Our favorite take on "Single Ladies" is still from The McKinley Titans.
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4. The shocking things Brittany would always say.
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5. Sue Slyvester will always be our favorite villain.
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6. It had so many moments that were just really heart breaking.
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7. Blaine and Kurt singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" became our favorite version instantly.
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8. We always loved how Santana spoke her mind.
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9. Seeing the cast get pelted with food and slushies was always entertaining.
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10. We still wish Will Schuester is our teacher.
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11. We loved seeing the characters grow and transform.
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12. We were so happy and proud the Glee club started winning competitions.
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13. It always had the craziest guest stars.
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14. The diva-off between Mercedes and Rachel was legendary.
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15. We will forever ship Rachel and Finn.
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RELATED: The Top 15 Glee Performances
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It's December, so many lists and awards are coming out to celebrate the best of the best in entertainment for 2014. TIME just released their list of the top 15 most influential fictional characters of this year and some of them may surprise you. Although they give the reason behind each pick, we thought we would give you how we were influenced because they aren't always the same.
15. Hello Kitty
How she influenced others: The cartoon character went viral for being outted as not a cat, but human girl who lives in London with her family. Wuhhhhh?
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How she influenced us: We still buy Hello Kitty everything!
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14. Tracy McConnell on How I Met Your Mother
How she influenced others: Fans went crazy for finally finding out who this mysterious character is. There were headlines everywhere covering the last season and a lot of discussion about the ending.
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How she influenced us: WARNING, SPOILER! She proved to us just how messed up TV can be because this whole time we watch to find this big love story and it ends with her just being a vessel for Ted (Josh Radnor) to have his kids (because we all know Robin (Cobie Smuders) wouldn't do that). Then she conveniently dies so Robin, who is now the aunt of their kids, can step back in his love life. Gross!
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13. Amy Dune from Gone Girl
How she influenced others: This complicated character made waves by creating a discussion about dark, female characters.
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How she influenced us: We didn't read the book, so our minds EXPLODED leaving the theater.
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12. Mr. Poo
How he influenced others: Public deification is a big problem in India so Mr. Poo was created to nip that problem in the bud. Thanks to him, one million people pledged to find a toilet to poo.
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How he influenced us: THIS IS US NEVER HEARING ABOUT THIS BEFORE!
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11. Rust Cohle from True Detective
How he influenced others: After the detective mentioned the book, The King in Yellow, people began buying it like crazy on Amazon.
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How he influenced us: We're guilty, we got the book, and it was the first time in a long time that we've read.
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10. Female Thor
How she influenced others: When Marvel released the news that Thor was being relaunched as a woman it made huge rounds on the internet and started many discussions about women in the comic book world.
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How she influenced us: We couldn't wait. We already needed to cosplay as her!
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9. Annalise from How To Get Away With Murder
How she influenced others: A New York Times TV critic deduced Shonda Rhimes' new character as an "angry black woman." Shonda Rhimes responded to the disgusting accusation.
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How she influenced us: She had us glued to the television every week trying to dissect her great big plan.
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8. Hatsune Miku, a computer-generated Japanese singer
How she influenced others: The computer sensation made it to America thanks to performing at Madison Square Garden on Lady Gaga's tour and then performing on The Late Show With David Letterman.
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How she influenced us: We broke our necks so hard looking at Hatsune perform for the first time. What is HAPPENING?!
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7. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games franchise.
How she influenced others: She isn't just hot girl kicking butt to some people. In Thailand and Hong Kong this fictional character actually inspired pro-democracy protestors to stand up for their own rights in their countries. Very awesome!
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How she influenced us: So wait...Katniss doesn't fight in Mockingjay? And is a politician now?
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6. Maura Pfefferman from Transparent
How she influenced others: Maura has made headlines for being the first transgender character lead to a TV show.
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How she influenced us: We cheered because we love seeing progress in entertainment!
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5. King Joffrey from Game of Thrones
How he influenced others: TIME gives credit to this character as the reason the hit show has made it to 18.4 million viewers each week. We buy it.
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How he influenced us: When Joffrey finally gets what coming to him, we couldn't help but dance.
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4. Stephen Colbert from The Colbert Report
How he influenced others: The satire host stepped on a few toes making a joke about the Washington Redskins leading to a lot of backlash on Twitter. He also made the huge announcement that he's leaving his show to take over The Late Show.
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How he influenced us: Our eyes might have fogged up at the thought of losing Colbert Report.
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3. Star-Lord from Guardians of The Galaxy
How he influenced others: Not only was the movie a big hit, but so was the soundtrack, which made it to the top of Billboard 200.
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How he influenced us: We admittedly became hipsters and had to get the soundtrack on tape.
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2. Kim Kardashian from Kim Kardashian Hollywood
How she influenced others: The reality star made over $200 million off of her mobile game. So basically everyone has been downloading and most likely spending real money to buy things in the game.
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How she influenced us: We might have caved in and downloaded it out of curiosity. We hate ourselves for it.
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1. Elsa from Frozen
How she influenced others: Frozen has been everywhere since it released and Elsa's hit "Let It Go" rightfully earned an Oscar. The fictional character was so good, that it was immediately on Once Upon A Time, which bumped up their ratings.
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How she influenced us: We have a new favorite karaoke jam!
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How did these 15 characters influence you this year? Tell us your answers by tweeting the Twitter handles below!
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The Fourth Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were held Thursday night, with AMC's Breaking Bad, Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, and FX's Fargo coming away with the big wins. The awards, which are chosen by TV critics, have a knack for recognizing the programs and performances that are often overlooked by the other big television award shows. But do the slightly out-there nominees have a chance for gold when it comes to the Primetime Emmys? We've decided to predict the nominees and winners of this year's Emmys based on the winners of last nights Critics Choice Awards. The two award shows might have more winners in common than you would expect.
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsThe Americans Breaking BadGame of Thrones The Good Wife Masters of Sex True Detective
Emmy PredictionsBreaking BadGame of ThronesThe Good WifeHouse of CardsMad MenTrue Detective
Last year's Emmy winner, Breaking Bad, is coming off a fantastic final season, so it's hard to reason how Vince Gilligan's masterwork won't win the night's big award yet again. But on the slim chance that Bad doesn't win (and we mean slim), True Detective is the most sensible alternative. We don't expect low profile dramas like Masters of Sex and The Americans to be recognized by the Emmys, and the hype on Downton Abbey has cooled of considerably this year. Another Emmy favorite, Homeland, had its worst season yet last year, freeing the category up for some new blood.
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsThe Big Bang Theory Broad City Louie Orange Is the New Black Silicon Valley Veep
Emmy PredictionsThe Big Bang TheoryLouieModern FamilyOrange Is the New BlackParks and RecreationVeep
Freshman dramedy Orange Is the New Black will certainly get nominated at the Emmys, but we're doubtful that Netflix's prison series will win the top prize like it did at the Critics' Choice Awards, certainly not in a race that includes Modern Family. The juggernaut of a sitcom has won the category four times in a row, and there's nothing with enough buzz to stop it's warpath. Elsewhere, Critics' Choice nominees like Silicon Valley and Broad City are way off the Emmys radar, and don't stand a chance of getting nominated.
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Critics' Choice AwardsBryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Hugh Dancy, Hannibal Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel Matthew McConaughey, True Detective Matthew Rhys, The Americans Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex
Emmy PredictionsBryan Cranston, Breaking BadJeff Daniels, The NewsroomJohn Hamm, Mad MenDamien Lewis, HomelandMatthew McConaughey, True DetectiveKevin Spacey, House of Cards
McConaughey came out on top at the Critic's Choice Awards, but despite his massive performance in True Detective, we're doubtful he will best Cranston at the Emmys. We're expecting the rest of the category's Emmy nominees to be rounded out with the usual suspects. While the critics recognized the great performances in Hannibal, The Americans, and Bates Motel, we're doubtful that any of those shows will make it to the Emmys this year, or any year for that matter.
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Critics' Choice Awards Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black Keri Russell, The Americans Robin Wright, House of Cards
Emmy PredictionsClaire Danes, HomelandJulianna Margules, The Good WifeElisabeth Moss, Mad MenTatiana Maslany, Orphan BlackKerry Washington, ScandalRobin Wright, House of Cards
When the dust settles, we're expecting Tatiana Maslany to also win the Emmy in this category. At this point, her hype is insurmountable, and riots might break out if she doesn't leave the Nokia theater with something golden.
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsLouis C.K., Louie Chris Messina, The Mindy Project Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones
Emmy PredictionsDon Cheadle, House of LiesLouis C.K., LouieMatt LeBlanc, EpisodesJim Parsons, The Big Band TheoryAndy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-NineRobin Williams, The Crazy Ones
The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons will likely walk home with both awards. In terms of the other nominations, there's no way Chris Messina or Thomas Middleditch have a chance at securing an Emmy nomination. We're also betting that Robin Williams gets nominated, due mostly due organization's usual affection for "veterans" ... or so the Emmys have an excuse to invite the actor to the show and hear his Genie voice.
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsIlana Glazer, Broad City Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Wendi McLendon-Covey, The Goldbergs Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer Emmy Rossum, Shameless
Emmy PredictionsZooey Deschanel, New GirlLena Dunham, GirlsEdie Falco, Nurse JackieJulia Louis-Dreyfus, VeepMelissa McCarthy, Mike &amp; MollyAmy Poehler, Parks and RecreatonLouis-Dreyfus' foul-mouthed vice-prez will likely win the Emmy along with the Critics' Choice Award this year. As for the other nomination slots, Glazer and Schumer have no chance at getting nominated for Emmys. We're expecting the rest of the nomination list to be filled up with Emmys regulars like Melissa McCarthy and Edie Falco.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsJosh Charles, The Good Wife Walton Goggins, Justified Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad Peter Sarsgaard, The Killing Jon Voight, Ray Donovan Jeffrey Wright, Boardwalk Empire
Emmy PredictionsPeter Dinklage, Game of ThronesWalton Goggins, JustifiedAaron Paul, Breaking BadDean Norris, Breaking BadMandy Patinkin, HomelandJeffery Wright, Boardwalk Empire
Aaron Paul seems like a lock for the Emmys this year. The only person we could see upsetting what is basically destiny at this point is Peter Dinklage, who had a massive year on Game of Thrones. As for the other nominees, we are actually expecting the two award shows to stack up pretty similarly. Mandy Patinkin will definitely get an Emmy nod, while there might be enough space in the mix for long-snubbed Walton Goggins. One can dream, right?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsChristine Baranski, The Good Wife Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad Annet Mahendru, The Americans Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead Maggie Siff, Sons of Anarchy Bellamy Young, Scandal
Emmy PredictionsChristine Baranski, The Good WifeEmilia Clarke, Game of ThronesAnna Gunn, Breaking BadChristina Hendricks, Mad MenMichelle Monaghan, True DetectiveMaggie Smith, Downton Abbey
While Anna Gunn didn't secure a Critics' Choice Award for the last season of Breaking Bad, we're betting she goes home with an Emmy this September. As for the other nominees, we don't expect Maggie Siff, Melissa McBride, and Annet Mahendru to get an Emmy nod, even though each actress certainly deserves the recognition.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsAndre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Keith David, Enlisted Tony Hale, Veep Albert Tsai, Trophy Wife Christopher Evan Welch, Silicon Valley Jeremy Allen White, Shameless
Emmy PredictionsAndre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-NineJesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern FamilyEric Stonestreet, Modern FamilyTy Burrell, Modern FamilyTony Hale, VeepNick Offerman, Parks and RecreationAt this point, the supporting actor in a comedy category should be renamed the "Which Modern Family actor hasn't won in a while?" and that honor goes to Ferguson. Even though the Critics' Choice Awards don't feature a single nominee from ABC's dominant sitcom, expect at least three nominees from the show on Emmy night. Four if Ed O'Neil sneaks his way onto the bill. Also, kudos to the Critics Choice awards for nominating Albert Tsai for Trophy Wife. Bert will live in our hearts forever.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Critics' Choice AwardsMayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory Allison Janney, Mom Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
Emmy PredictionsMayim Bialik, The Big Bang TheoryJulie Bowen, Modern FamilyAllison Janney, MomKate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New BlackSofia Vergara, Modern FamilyMerrit Weaver, Nurse Jackie
It might be crazy talk, but we think this category is Orange Is the New Black's best chance for its first Emmy. The show has such a dynamite supporting cast and heavy following that it may be able to crack the winner's circle in its first year of eligibility. We're thinking Kate Mulgrew has a good chance since Modern Family isn't nearly as dominant in this category as it is in Best Supporting Actor.
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This Post Contains Spoilers for Season 4 of Game of Thrones.
It's always difficult when your favorite character gets killed on a television show. You've spent weeks getting to know them, growing to care about them, and watching them go on adventures, and so when the Grim Reaper finally comes for them, it's a bit like losing a family member. Nobody knows that pain nearly as well as those who watch Game of Thrones, which seems to kill off a beloved character every other week. Luckily, we have some good news for fans of Pedro Pascal's Oberyn Martell: you will get to see him again.
Technically, you'll only be seeing Pascal, who has been cast in the upcoming Netflix series Narcos, according to Deadline. The drama will follow the legendary drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura), and the efforts of the US government to take him down. Pascal will play Javier Pena, a DEA agent who is sent on a mission to capture and kill Escobar - as long as he doesn't get too distracted plotting his revenge. However, the Red Viper isn't the only person killed this season who will be popping up somewhere new, so in order to help you through the grieving process, we've rounded up all of the major characters who died this year on Game of Thrones, and where you can catch them next.
Pedro Pascal Who He Played: Oberyn Martell, Prince of Dorne, trader of barbs, seeker or revenge and bedder of anything with a pulse. How He Died: His head was smashed in by Ser Gregor Clegane during Tyrion Lannister’s trial by combat. What He’s Doing Next: Playing Javier Pena, a Mexican DEA agent on the upcoming Netflix drama Narcos, which is slated for a 2015 premiere. He’s also starring in the TV movie Exposed, about an investigative photojournalist, and the vampire film Bloodsucking Bastards.
Kate DickieWho She Played: Lysa Arryn, Lady of the Vale, widow of former Hand of the King Jon Arryn, new wife of Petyr Baelish, and overly attached helicopter parent of Robin Arryn. How She Died: She was shoved through the Moon Door by Petyr Baelish. Her death was ruled a suicide. What She’s Doing Next: Starring opposite James McAvoy in Filth, which is currently in theaters, as well as The Silent Storm with Homeland’s Damian Lewis, and the indies Take It Back and Start It All Over and A Northern Soul.
Burn Gorman Who He Played: Karl Tanner, one of the most disgusting, reviled people in the Seven Kingdoms... and considering the characters on this show, that’s quite an achievement. How He Died: Jon Snow ran him through with a sword during a raid on Craster’s Keep, which Karl had taken over. What He’s Doing Next: Currently starring on the AMC series Turn as the British commanding officer Major Hewlitt. He’s also playing Mr. Bran in the upcoming Disney film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and is reuniting with his Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro for the upcoming vampire film Crimson Peak.
Jack Gleeson Who He Played: Joffrey Baratheon, the worst, most insufferable child king who ever lived. How He Died: He was poisoned at his wedding to Margaery Tyrell, in a plot by her grandmother, Lady Olenna and Petyr Baratheon. His uncle Tyrion has just been found guilty for his murder. What He’s Doing Next: Gleeson has retired from acting in order to focus on his studies – he’s currently enrolled at Trinity College in Dublin, where he’s studying Philosophy and Theology – and to pursue some more philanthropic ventures. Basically, the real King Joffrey is a wonderful human being.
Noah TaylorWho He Played: Locke, a hired hand who works for House Bolton, and the guy who cut off Jaime Lannister’s hand. How He Died: After he infiltrated the Night’s Watch and accompanied them on the raid to Craster’s Keep, his neck was snapped by Hodor after he attempted to kidnap Bran. Well, technically, he was killed by Bran, who was currently using his Warg abilities to inhabit Hodor’s mind. What He’s Doing Next: In addition to a playing a supporting role in Edge of Tomorrow, which is currently in theaters, Taylor will appear in the Ethan Hawke time-travel film Predestination and Welcome to Karastan opposite Matthew McFayden. He’s also doing voice work in the upcoming Maya the Bee Movie, alongside Jacki Weaver and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Andy Kellegher Who He Played: Polliver, a Lannister man-at-arms who stabbed Arya’s friend Lommy and stole her sword. How He Died: Arya stabs him through the throat after re-enacting the way that he killed Lommy. What He’s Doing Next: Appearing in two Irish films: A Nightingale Falling, which takes place during the Irish War for Independence, and The Hit Producer, which follows a down on his luck music producer as he journeys into the underworld of modern-day Dublin.
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Rock Of Ages producer Matthew Weaver is developing a musical based on U.S. variety show Soul Train. The hit programme was originated by late TV mogul Don Cornelius and was broadcast in America from 1971 to 2006.
The series featured guest musicians including Michael Jackson, Elton John and Destiny's Child performing on the show, while audience members danced along to the music.
Weaver has now been handed the task of adapting the concept for a new Broadway production.
He says, "Don Cornelius created a television show that became a cornerstone in American culture and I am excited and honoured to be bringing it to the stage. We are putting together a top-notch team of artists to ensure Soul Train is the hippest trip on Broadway."

The 67th Tony Awards, was already a highly anticipated event after it was announced that the magical Neil Patrick Harris would reclaim the honor of hosting the Broadway event of the season — And now, there's even more to sing about. The Tony Awards are always a star-studded affair, but this year the stage will shine even brighter from all the A-listers jammed into the Radio City Music Hall.
Ready for the complete list? Confirmed to take the stage to honor Broadway’s best are Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Feguson, Sally Field, Megan Hilty (R.I.P. Smash!), Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick, Zachary Quinto, Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming, mega-hottie Jake Gyllenhaal, Sigourney Weaver, Glee's Matthew Morrison, Andrew Llyod Webber, Laura Benanti, and the one-and-only Andrew Rannells.
But wait there's more! Those celebs will join previously announced presenters Steven Van Zandt, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Cryer, Martha Plimpton, and Jesse Eisenberg. So basically these are like The Plastics of the entertainment industry. Sorry everyone else in Hollywood, but you can't sit with them!
Don't miss the 67th Annual Tony Awards airing live Sunday, June 9 at 8 PM on CBS!
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Jack and Princess Isabelle, the two central characters of this weekend's Jack and the Giant Slayer, stand apart from most the archetypically generic heroes of Hollywood's fantasy films because they're recognizably human. That doesn't mean they're not culled from the pages of fairy tales — thanks to the stylings of director Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) the movie pops with color, imagination, and breezy thrills — but Jack and Isabelle are distinct because they feel human.
Bringing that naturalism to the fantastical are actors Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson, who both worked with Singer to bring your usual fairy tale characters into the 21st century. "One of the things that drew me to Isabelle was that she's different than your normal princess," says Tomlinson. "She's feisty. She doesn't want to be a piece of history as a king's daughter. She wants to experience the real world. She's a peoples' princess." For inspiration, Tomlinson turned to one of her acting heroes. "I went along the lines of Sigourney Weaver type characters. I think she's a very powerful woman. I'm a big Sigourney Weaver fan. Alien is just like… oh God. It's amazing. And in Avatar, she was just inspirational."
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Hoult has scaled his own beanstalk to become a full-fledged Hollywood leading man, was happy to discover a meaty part in Jack. "It's fun having characters who are a bit more leading in films because you get more time to develop them, but there's also a bit of pressure that comes with that, to carry the film," says the actor. Hoult found ways to make Jack his own, and in turn, a more relatable hero. When he first received the script, Hoult says Jack was written as your typical, bumbling everyman. Together with Singer, he injected his own sense of humor into the part. "We could joke around, bat around lines and like them and keep them in the film. It was quite freeing. We could invent, create stuff as we went along. It wasn't too rigid."
On the set of a blockbuster movie like Jack, the challenge isn't simply getting into character. It's finding a groove then sticking to it while climbing up an enormous beanstalk set or invisible giants start are lifting you into the air. Hoult admits that, while he's done a few movies with heavy special effects and green screen work, he's never done one with characters that would only appear after he's done shooting. "The giants on this… it took imagination and timing to figure out what they're doing on screen so you can figure out how to react and work with them. I don't think my imagination could emulate what ends up on the screen. The performances they capture from Bill Nighy is very subtle and realistic."
Jack's villains were the creation of a crack team of computer graphic experts, enhanced from their original form on set: tennis balls. "For the eyelines it was tennis balls on a stick, which was pretty intense," says Tomlinson. "Very testing as an actress because you've got to make the audience believe there really is the most terrifying, ugly giant sitting in front of you. But it's just an orange tennis ball." Though looking back, Tomlinson wishes that all of her giant costars had been little orange spheres.
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"The stuff for when the giant has to grab me, they made a body mold made of hard plastic that I would lie in and it was on a metal gimbal and they would dress me over that. My armor would go over that. And then the gimple would move, throw you upside down, turn you round and round." Although it may have been physically demanding, the rig put Tomlinson in the right mindset. "Most of the screaming [in the movie] is, 'Ow, God, this hurts!'"
Hoult and Tomlinson trained for two months to prepare for Jack and the Giant Slayer, including horse back riding and practice climbing sessions on the constructed beanstalks. From the sound of Hoult's voice, that was the easy part. What killed him was the hair. It's always the hair.
"I had to make my hair a little longer, so they could make a little texture in the hair," says Hoult. "The occasional wind shear and the gel there. It was a whole thing to itself." The actor says that transformation is why he was drawn to becoming an actor but that the work on Jack was even more demanding than on his previous film, 2013's Warm Bodies. "Funnily enough, it probably took as much makeup to make me look human as it did to make me look like a zombie. Trying to make my hair look like a swashbuckling hero. Very time consuming."
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The credits for Stoker, the new Chan-Wook Park movie that debuted at Sundance Sunday night, run backwards. Yes, instead of blooming up from the bottom of the screen and traveling up, they pour down from the top in a slow cascade. You'd think this wouldn't make that much of a difference, but it is extremely unsettling, seeing something you're so used to seeing but going in the opposite direction.
Likewise, in this world where spoiling the ending of a movie for someone is tantamount to cutting off one of their digits, I shouldn't be starting a review of a movie with the end, but I think that Stoker deserves it. When Park, who directed the brutal Oldboy, was introducing the movie, he said it is meant to be a dream or a fairy tale, but it is more like a waking nightmare. Everything is slightly off in the movie. Everything is either too large, too small, too modern, too old fashioned, too fast, too slow, too dirty, or too cleanly. It is our world, but tremendously askew, kiltering in one direction and then another, like trying to walk in a straight line after rolling down a hill.
The style only serves the story of India (Mia Wasikowska) who tells us at the beginning of the film that she has super powers: she can see far-away things clearly and hear sounds that no one else can hear. The morose teen gets even sadder when her beloved father dies in an accident and she is left in the care of her cold mother (Nicole Kidman) and her father's brother (Matthew Goode), who appears mysteriously after being absent for decades. The story unspools in unexpected ways as India starts to get interested in boys and discovers her sexuality thanks to the proximity of her handsome uncle. There are also several mysteries to unravel, each one leading to a new one with unexpected, horrible violence leading to even more violence until a shocking conclusion.
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The performances are all stellar with Wasikowska telegraphing ever-shifiting emotion without barely saying a word. Kidman, who speaks much more, is at her finest as a disinterested mother. She shows fear and disdain in the most subtle ways, never overplaying a character that could turn into a campy arch villain with just the tiniest bit of scene-chewing. And Goode is the most menacing of all, the malevolent force that hides behind the facade not only of normalcy but of something attractive that you know is incredibly dangerous.
As for the meaning, I'm not sure what screenwriter Wentworth Miller (yes, the same guy who wore all those tattoos for seasons on Prison Break) is going for. Can this fairy tale teach us anything about humanity or sexuality? The ending leads it in a direction that would take some of the more outrageous elements and turn them into a farce. It also makes the story more central to Wasikowska's character when the thing up until that point had been an exercise in showing us all how messed up our teen years can be.
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But this isn't a farce, it is a fairy tale, complete with a girl in peril who has to fight to save herself. There's running through the woods, magical intervention, and everything we've come to expect for the 13 Snow White movies that came out last year. Still this is like a more chilling version of Beetlejuice, except this gothic fun house has none of the whimsy of Tim Burton. Here every strange perspective is meant to make you uncomfortable. Some of the elements of the story are so outrageous to be unbelievable and many will probably find this film to be groanworthy and insane in a bad way. Still it is unlike anything you've ever seen and will stick in your mind like a spider crawling across your skull. Love it or hate it, you'll be transfixed from beginning to end – when the credits start to roll backwards, making even your final moments with this film particularly off-putting.
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